The acting chops of reigning National League MVP Christian Yelich were on full display Monday night when he appeared in the first few minutes of "Magnum P.I.," a CBS reboot of the original series from the 1980s.

The Milwaukee Brewers outfielder appears as himself, a "surprise" for the Little League team coached by Rick Wright (played by Zachary Knighton) and a connection arranged through a friend of the "team owner." Rick offers to throw batting practice to Yelich (yes, he's got a Brewers hat), touting his back-in-the-day curveball, and Yelich ... well, you can guess how this goes.

To film, Yelich flew for a couple days to Hawaii, where "Magnum P.I." is both set and filmed. It's one component of a busy off-season for Yelich, which has included raising money to help rebuilding efforts following California forest fires and a deadly shooting in his hometown in Thousand Oaks.

Yelich wasn't watching the episode live; he was courtside at the Milwaukee Bucks game in Phoenix that tipped at the same time as the episode's airing on CBS. The Brewers, immersed in spring training at the American Family Fields of Phoenix less than 10 miles from the arena, were off Monday.

The bad news: The 2007 Brewers team hit the skids right after filming following a torrid start to the season, and the segment features a reference to Suppan's work as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. Nobody wants to remember the Cardinals.

But on the bright side, all four Brewers seemed to handle the thespian role pretty smoothly. This is a tough call. Which Brewers cameo was better?